The UK is set for more wintry conditions after overnight temperatures dropped to a bone-chilling -13.5C in Scotland - the coldest night of the year.

The Met Office reported that the subzero value was recorded in Dalwhinnie in a severe frost.

A yellow “be aware” warning of snow and ice which covers much of Scotland, the Midlands and northern England is still in place.

The warning, valid from 6am until 6pm on Sunday, predicted snow on higher levels and with some rain falling on frozen surfaces adding to the hazards, particularly across Scotland, following a very cold night.

In Northern Ireland a yellow warning of ice was in force during Sunday morning while a further rain alert has been issued from 4am until 3pm.

A spell of heavy rain is also likely in some western areas of the UK during Sunday, with the worst conditions expected in parts of west Wales where flood alerts are still in place.

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Next week starts with milder conditions leading to a continued thaw of lying snow and further bands of potentially heavy rain arriving from the west.

Forecaster Claire Kennedy-Edwards, of The Weather Channel, said more snow would fall early on Sunday.

She added: “Fronts systems will track in over Ireland and western regions of the UK with some moderate rain in places and temperatures recovering. Lows of 6-10C are predicted in the south-west of the UK and Ireland.

“There will be snow for a time over the hills of Northern Ireland and Wales before turning to rain. As the rain moves into the cold air further north and east it will fall as snow with further accumulations over the hills.

“There is a risk of rain falling on to frozen surfaces at lower levels across Scotland and northern England with ice risk.”

Snow will become confined to the north-east through the day, turning to rain for the west as warmer air feeds in from the south-west.

Becoming much milder in the west as the warm front tracks through with highs of 11-13C across Ireland, Wales and south-west England on Sunday afternoon - contrasting with temperatures of just 1-3C expected in the north-east.